any early 80's alt/soft punk fans out there?

Sadley, yes! I have just re-purchased a bunch of Depeche Mode (I forgot what a great album Violator is), REM and now the Smiths (coming out soon) on vinyl. I have always loved New Order, great band. A lot of stuff from that era sounds very dated, but REM and Depeche Mode specifically still sound great.

Romeo Void, "Never Say Never" one of the all time great slam dance songs. Good call.

"Blue Monday" - still a classic what a great bass line, New Order rocks.

Dance mixes of the Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Rain"

both classics. "Master and Servant" Depeche Mode. I need to see if I can find my old vinyl versions of those.

The Replacements, you are right. Somehow I always think of them as a 90's band since I continued listening to them all the time through about 99.

Great Band.

"Pleased to Meet Me" I just bought on vinyl again. IOU, The Ledge, Alex Chilton, .... great album.

Has anyone else bought the vinyl re-issue of The Cult "LOVE"? What a great pressing, of a great album. Excellent production on all the songs with tremendous impact and a fantastic 12" dance mix of "She Sells Sanctuary" one of my favorite songs of all time.

Bianchi27,

That's Romeo Void, the song is "Never Say Never" Great dance tune, excellent sax throughout the song.

I forgot Missing Persons, I saw when I was home from college in 1984 at some hotel ballroom in downtown Chicago. They were actually v good. It was a good summer for concerts in Chicago, I saw INXS at Caberet Metro, and Voilent Femmes there as well.

So let's add them to the list.

"Doooooooooon't Channnnnnnnnnge a thing, .......for me"

Great albums all. I think I will try and clean my 27 yr old version of Shabooh Shabah right now, great idea.

Wish me luck.

Oddly enough, I have only discovered the Pixies and Mission of Burma in the last year. The re-issue of Doolittle and Surfer Rosa by MFSL made me curious. Somehow I had never heard of the Pixies. They are absolutely great. After reading about them, and listening to their music, I can see how they were such an influence on Kurt Cobain.

Mission of Burma really is great, glad to meet them as well.

Bongo - I'm with you on Midnight Oil, love them. I saw them twice in the late 80's and was not a fan before the first show, got dragged there by a buddy who was in Boulder, and I ended up becoming a huge fan. Great show on campus as U of Colorado, maybe someone else here was at that show, it was great.

I'm adding Prince to this list for some of his songs that crossed all genres. Another sublime performer. I haven't been to a rock concert if about 15 yrs, but this is making me want to go. I think I'll pull up Pearl Jam's favorite website and look for a show. I think Stone Temple Pilots is touring this summer, maybe a So Cal show.....

Bongofurious, that's awesome. I hope it's during the summer (that's until Nov in Southeast Texas) so that I can do a SoCal get-away to cool off.